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fiddler

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Music, Crime
fid·dler /ˈfɪdlə $ -ər/ noun [countable]  1. APMsomeone who plays the violin, especially if they play folk music 〔尤指演奏民间音乐的〕小提琴手2 SCCCHEATsomeone who gives false information, especially on official documents, in order to pay less money or get more than they should 骗子,诈骗者〔尤指在正式文件上弄虚作假〕 tax fiddlers 骗税者fiddling noun [uncountable]
Examples from the Corpus
fiddlerThe driver was a fiddler for a California cowboy band.Celtic music-meets-punk fiddler Ashley MacIsaac.I heard the fiddler plucking at his strings.They should all chip in like smart businessmen and pay the fiddler.Gone is the sing-song, the knees-up, the fiddler, the man with the squeezebox or pipes.The fiddler crab provides an excellent example of positive allometry.
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fiddler
fiddler /ˈfɪdlə $ -ər/ noun [countable]
1. someone who plays the violin, especially if they play folk music
2. someone who gives false information, especially on official documents, in order to pay less money or get more than they should:
    tax fiddlers
—fiddling noun [uncountable]


fid·dlerBrE /ˈfɪdlə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈfɪdlər/ 🔊 nouna person who plays the violin, especially to play folk music 小提琴手(尤指演奏民间音乐者)